Table 5 The effect of parental job loss on adolescents’ mental health by parental re-employment and adolescent gender: selected OLS and fixed effects estimates

A. Re-employment of father

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Father’s job loss

−0.297

−0.654

0.024

(1.213)

(1.188)

(1.089)

 Father’s job loss × father not employed

−0.543

−0.514

−0.613

(2.463)

(2.388)

(2.186)

 Controls

No

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects

No

No

Yes

  R-squared

0.000

0.063

0.020

 Rho

0.594

 Person-year observations

7954

7805

7805

 Job loss cases (without re-employment/total)

58/245

58/242

58/242

B. Re-employment of mother

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Mother’s job loss

−0.263

−0.661

1.963

(1.406)

(1.380)

(1.293)

 Mother’s job loss × mother not employed

−4.527*

−4.459*

−6.559**

(2.292)

(2.230)

(2.046)

 Controls

No

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects

No

No

Yes

  R-squared

0.001

0.060

0.019

 Rho

0.590

 Person-year observations

9912

9722

9722

 Job loss cases (without re-employment/total)

82/221

82/220

82/220

C. Father’s job loss interacted with gender of child

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Father’s job loss

2.296

1.678

0.969

(1.460)

(1.428)

(1.296)

 Father’s job loss × female

−5.691**

−5.121*

−2.404

(2.096)

(2.040)

(1.911)

 Controls

No

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects

No

No

Yes

  R-squared

0.001

0.063

0.020

 Rho

0.594

 Person-year observations

8098

7805

7805

 Job loss cases (for female adolescent/total)

117/245

116/242

116/242

D. Mother’s job loss interacted with gender of child

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Mother’s job loss

3.298*

2.649

1.985

(1.584)

(1.552)

(1.440)

 Mother’s job loss × female

−10.310**

−9.775**

−5.064*

(2.213)

(2.152)

(2.018)

 Controls

No

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects

No

No

Yes

  R-squared

0.002

0.062

0.018

 Rho

0.589

 Person-year observations

10056

9722

9722

 Job loss cases (for female adolescent/total)

112/221

112/220

112/220